Buzzer Beater: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hideyoshi is a homeless boy living in New York in the near future, who survives by hustling other kids in basketball games. But now he's been drafted into a pro team-a pro team with a very unique goal. There once was a time when humans dominated the game of basketball. But times have changed, and now the physically superior alien players have taken over the game, and there are barely any human players next. But Hideyoshi's team-the first all-human team to compete in the Space League-intends to change all that, and bring the championship back home to Earth.

Series details

• Title: Buzzer Beater
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Anime, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2005-02-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2007-09-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17173
• IMDb ID: tt1190618
• TVDB ID: 156221

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-02-05; final listed air date 2005-04-30.
• Season 2: premiered 2007-07-04; final listed air date 2007-09-26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Buzzer Beater on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.